San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-26
LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS
From all Parts OF the Globe, Condensed
and Boiled Down.

German fnanoiers lend China {, 00O, 600
marks, at 81 per cent.
The Oberhaus adopts the ecclesissti-
Kaiser Williams birthday presents
would fill five furniture vans.
The Russian grand dukes and most Of
the emperOr's guests have left Berlin.
The Irish Methodist ministers oppose
home rule.
Tennessee forbids the sale OF liquors
near churches and school houses.
Over 800 trsmps were inveigled into a
Chinese temple, near HOngebow. and the
temple fired.
That l47.749 Chinese indemnity has
been placed to the credit of the Chinese
minister, at Washington.
for dissolving the Marseilles municipal
council.
Gentle rains are reported and the
heavier doses are looked for all over
south and west Texas.
Senator Teller, of the Texas outrage
committee, does not think the commit
tee will meet during recess.
An unknown sends draft Of $4,995 to
the national treasury to help pay the ma
tional debt.
Supreme court at Galveston has about
finished business and will probably ad-
journ today.
More Chicago boodlers arrested;
Chairman Osohe, Van Pelt and Commits
sioner Dan Wren.
Treasurer Joseph, of the Texas 1. o..
o. F., will probably settle his accounts
without the courts.
A French war office official has been
discharged on suspicion OF furnishing
information to foreigners.
Experiments with the new self-steer-
ing torpedo, by French authorities,
prove 1t failure.
The French cabinet have decided to
leave the question of sour tax on for
eign cattle TO the chamber of deputies.
Congressman elect Martin, of Rea-
gan's district, received perfect ovation
on his return to Palestine.
Thompson, a Texarkana saloonist, is
behind the bars for Draining a darkey
with bottle.
The prime minister, of Bulgaria,
makes the rounds OF the country and
openly advocates Bulgarian independ-
ence.
Commercial reports show some I'M
easiness concerning April trade and an
increase In business failures, particularly
at the south.
Gladstone says he has formed q def
mite opinion on the land question in Ire
land and does not favor Matchmaking
the land. He prefers land purchase.
A passenger train on the Fort Wayne
& Chicago road, stopping to adjust an
air brake, was dashed into by freight
train. Engineer killed. and one passen-
ger fatally hurt.
The county officers of Ottawa, ILL.,, are
charged with reckless extravaganza, to-
tai disregard of law forms and various
expense ofthe taxpayers.
Gladstone's opposition to cloture as a
means of cutting of debate compelled
the government to abandon its position
on that point, and submit to continue
James Wright's son fired his fathers
haystack, near Fort Worth, to see it
burn, and $4,000 worth Of property, on
which there is no insurance, was
burned.
The steamer Scotia, from Naples for
New York, was beached by her captain
to save laundering, and is now aground
on the outer bar Of Long Island, near
Blue Point life saving station. No dan
ger to vessel or passengers.
The head waiter in the Salmon house,
Chicago, was shot and fatally wounded
by negro whom he had discharged.
The shot was fired in the hotel dining
room while guests were at dinner.
The new and the old council of cotton
handlers are at loggerheads in New Or
leans, over matters connected with the
attempted reduction of charges on cot
ton handling, and cotton shipments are
at a standstill. A bloody riot is immi-
nent.
The Examiner and Day, of Waco, have
been indicted for running lottery
scheme. They offered wagons a. pre-
miums for subscribers, each subscriber
receiving ticket and the holder of the
winning ticket taking the prize, as in
regular lottery.
Senate bill to punish drunkenness
passes; also, to confirm exchange of uni
versity lands; also consenting to estab-
lishmeDt OF experimental agricultural
stations by federal government; also
adopts report of conference committee
creating arbitration commission; occu-
patton tax bill is pending. House dis
cusses appropriations.
The labor and greenback parties OF